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CHRISTMAS IN THE OLDEN TIME 



CHRISTMAS 



THE OLDEN TIME 



BY 



SIR WALTER SCOTT 



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ILLUSTRATED 




NEW Y O R K 
CASSELL AND COMPANY (Limited) 

1887 



Copyright, f$S6, 
O. M. DUNHAM. 



TRESS OF 

ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, 

BOSTON. 




CHRISTMAS IN THE OLDEN TIME. 



HEAP on more wood! — the wind is chill; 
But let it whistle as it will. 
Well keep our Christmas merry still. 
Each age has deemed the new-born year 
The fittest time for festal cheer. 
And well our Christian sires of old 
Loved when the year its course had rolled. 
And brought blithe Christmas back again. 
With all his hospitable train. 
Domestic and religious rite 
Gave honor to the holy night: 
On Christmas eve the bells were rung; 
On Christmas eve the mass was sung ; 
That only night, in all the year, 
Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. 
The damsel donned her kirtle sheen; 
The hall was dressed with holly green; 
Forth to the wood did merry-men go. 
To srather in the mistletoe. 



CHRISTMAS IX THE OLDEN TIME. 



Then opened wide the baron's hall 

To vassal, tenant, serf, and all ; 

Power laid his rod of rule aside, 

And Ceremony doffed his pride. 

The heir, with roses in his shoes, 

That night might village partner choose ; 

The lord, underogating, share 

The vulgar game ot " post and pair." 

All hailed, with uncontrolled delight. 

And general voice, the happy night. 

That to the cottage, as the crown. 

Brought tidings of salvation down. 

The fire, with well-dried logs supplied. 

Went roaring up the chimney wide ; 

The huge hall table's oaken lace. 

Scrubbed till it shone the day to grace, 

Bore then upon its massive board 

No mark to part the squire and lord. 

Then was brought in the lusty brawn 

By old blue-coated serving-man ; 

Then the grim boars-head frowned on high, 

Crested with bays and rosemary. 

Well can the green-garbed ranger tell, 

How, when, and where, the monster fell ; 

What dogs before his death he tore. 

And all the baiting of the boar. 

The wassail round in good brown bowls, 

(Tarnished with ribbons, blithely trowls. 

There the huge sirloin reeked ; hard by 

Plum-porridge stood, and Christmas pie; 



CHRISTMAS IN THE OLDEN TIME. 



Nor failed old Scotland to produce. 

At such high tide, her savory goose. 

Then came the merry masquers in, 

And carols roared with blithesome din; 

If unmelodious was the song, 

It was a hearty note, and strong. 

Who lists may in their mumming see 

Traces of ancient mystery; 

White shirts supplied the masquerade, 

And smutted cheeks the visors made ; 

But, oh ! what masquers richly dight 

Can boast of bosoms half so light! 

England was merry England, when 

Old Christmas brought his sports again. 

'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale, 

'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; 

A Christmas gambol oft could cheer 

The poor man's heart through half the year. 



ARTISTS 



Edmund IT. Garrett, Henry Sandham, 

Harry Fenn, Chii.de Hassam, 

J. Steeple Davis, H. P. Barnes, 

George A. Teel. 



Illustrated, Engraved, and Printed under the supervision of 

George T. Andrew. 






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